Deaf Epistemologies as a Critique and Alternative to the Practice of Science

An Anthropological Perspective

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5767752
AutoresGoedele A M De Clerck, Goedele De Clerck (0000-0002-3412-9967, Ghent University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2010
Volumen154
Número5
Páginas435-446
Fecha de publicación2010-03-28
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican annals of the deaf (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0002-726X • E-ISSN: 1543-0375
EditorialProject MUSE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1353/aad.0.0121
PMID20415278
OpenAlexW2038809986
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas23
Referencias citadas27

In the last decade, and responding to the criticism of orientalism, anthropology has engaged in a self-critical practice, working toward a postcolonial perspective on science and an epistemological stance of partial and situated knowledge (Pinxten, 2006; Pinxten & Note, 2005). In deaf studies, anthropological and sociological studies employing qualitative and ethnographic methods have introduced a paradigm shift. Concepts of deaf culture and deaf identity have been employed as political tools, contributing to the emancipation process of deaf people. However, recent anthropological studies in diverse local contexts indicate the cultural construction of these notions. From this viewpoint, deaf studies faces a challenge to reflect on the notions of culture, emancipation, and education from a nonexclusive, noncolonial perspective. Deaf studies research in a global context needs to deal with cultural and linguistic diversity in human beings and academia. This calls for epistemological reflection and new research methods

Emancipation · Human science · Orientalism · Hearing Impairment and Communication · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism